We went jalan-jalan at Alamanda, Putrajaya earlier today. I didn't buy anything except a baby stuff hamper for Faezah, which I split with Ain. Ain did most of the shopping (she bought a golden bangle from Habib Jewel and ntah apa lagi aku nda ingat or was it the only thing she bought?) At first I felt reluctant to join them for the Alamanda trip because I intended to continue packing my stuff, but, I went with them anyway. It's okay, I can do the packing tomorrow and Sunday. Lagipun lama sudah nda jumpa Ain hehe.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Sungkai at Faezah's today. She cooked mee goreng and I bought popia, murtabak ayam and daging, and tepung pelita. And all of them were oddly tasty! Rezeki rezeki. Alhamdulillah. Hehe. Fatin joined too. She reached Serdang slightly after azan.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

I was on a half day leave. Had a nice sahur buffet with Fatin (thanks to mama for letting one of us use her breakfast coupon and to her colleague who decided to leave a day earlier than scheduled so we had an extra coupon hehe :D). Fatin went back to Kota Puteri after going to Low Yat Plaza with mama. I checked out with mama at 12pm then we left our stuff at the storage room in the hotel's lobby then went shopping at Berjaya Times Square. I finally bought the shirt that has Bart Simpsons heads on it and mom bought me a dress for raya. :D Mama also bought several blouses for herself and she was so happy to find them at prices so cheap and almost unheard of in Kota Kinabalu. We finished shopping before 4pm and reached Serdang at around 6pm (I think). Then I took mama to the bazaar Ramadhan. Having her here at my "rumah bujang" was so surreal. In a very very good way. :')

Mine

Fatin's

Fatin's

Mine. I LOVE LOVE LOVE croissants!

Day 9

Full day leave. Took mama to Masjid India/Jalan TAR to shop for Ain's raya clothes. We bought 2 baju kurung for her as well as shawls for her and her friends. Mama also took the opportunity (of the crazy cheap prices) to buy more blouses and tudung. Hehe. I didn't buy anything for me although mama offered, because I'm planning to go raya shopping with Fatin on the day before we'll go back to KK. Had our sungkai at Central Market's food court. I lurrrrveeeee the ice-cream toast.I didn't take any photo during our shopping trip (perhaps I should), because I was too lazy to take out my camera, but I did take some post-shopping photos. Here there are.

Hmmm nyesal pulak nda beli manggis ni

Mama picking her dragon fruit

In that bag is our "hasil shopping" hehehe

I love this ice-cream toast!

Day 10

I worked on Friday. The original plan was to go to Macik Tipah's place in the evening but since I was working, we decided to go on Saturday instead. I wouldn't want to be wasting my working hours with the time consuming travel from Serdang to Kg Subang. Lagi pun Fatin nda dapat datang awal pun. Lepas maghrib baru dia gerak dari Kota Puteri ikut kawan dia yg kena pick up by her family. Mama pun dapat la berehat the whole day. She helped with the laundry though. Thanks ma. :')Day 11

Went to Macik Tipah's house. We had sungkai beramai-ramai with Ucu + family too. An unexpected guest (Pacik Hashim) came with makanan yg gila berlambak-lambak. My cousin Hafiz even said, "Wow, dah macam kat hotel plak." Haha. Memang banyak gila. But alhamdulillah there was no wastage. We gave some leftovers to Ucu for sahur and kept some for ourselves. Oh yeah, I haven't explained to you why I said Pacik Hashim was an unexpected guest, have I? Actually.... Macik Tipah and Pacik Hashim had divorced in May 2013 (which was a real surprise!!). But there's something even more surprising than this but I'm not going to reveal it here. It made me wonder, how secretive can this family be? Mama told me when I told her that Macik Tipah had changed her car to Myvi (before this she used Hyundai Sorento so I think you can imagine my shock). At first I thought she was just having a financial problem. Who knew that it was a much bigger issue than that. Kesian macik.... I hope she'll be okay....

Yup. That is my shirt that I wore on Thursday. Meet my sister, Fatin. Zzzz

Mama thought SpongeBob and Bart Simpsons were the same characters (-_-")

On our way to Macik Tipah's

Day 12

Sent mom to KLIA for her 3.30pm flight. I miss her already. :'( But it's okay, I'll come home soon. :') Then Macik Tipah sent Fatin back to Kota Puteri. But before that, we stopped at Plaza Shah Alam kejap because Macik Tipah needed to take a brief nap coz she was feeling tired and sleepy. I and Fatin took the opportunity to take a look around in the plaza (it was our first time going to Plaza Shah Alam) and guess what???? We found the baju kurung!!!! :D We're going back there for our raya shopping on 3 August. Hehehe. Cannot wait. I broke my fast on the bus while on my way home. The bus left Kota Raya at around 7.30pm and I reached home at slightly after 8pm. Quite fast huh. I thought I would miss maghrib prayer but alhamdulillah I didn't.

At KLIA. Macik Tipah obviously looked tired.

P/S: I guess that's all for tonight. I am soooo sleepy and tired. Need to rest. I'll add the details I might have forgotten once I'm fully rested. Good night and selamat bersahur esok! Don't forget the niat! :-)

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I'm still at my mom's hotel here at Berjaya Times Square Hotel. But what I'm about to write is not about the fancy room or the comfy bed or the massive bathroom, but about my stupid argument (I don't like to call it a fight) with Fatin this evening. Yeah, she came all the way from Kota Puteri, Bestari Jaya by bus+komuter+monorail and it took her around 3 hours to get here. Of course I'm excited that she's here! But I got really mad when she told me she was going to buy a new t-shirt or blouse using the money I gave her for food! Argue punya argue then dia merajuk pastue terus she took her laptop and bag and left the room. I tried calling her many times but of course she didn't pick up. I asked mom to call her (mom was still at the kursus place at the time) and when I called mom back she said that Fatin was heading to KL Sentral. Mau balik Kota Puteri la tu kunun. Long story short, she returned to the hotel at last. Huh... Evening drama. But I was glad she came back because I would feel really bad if she really went back to Kota Puteri. Drama Queen punya budak. Urh, there's nothing we can do about it anyway, because melodramatic is in our gene. Zzzzz....

Tapi sebenarnya aku terharu and rasa sedih sikit jugak la to know what she had done to earn some extra money. There's no need for me to list it down here. But I'm proud of her. Sorry little sister. You surely deserve more credit from me. But I know she knows that I love her. :') There, proof that melodramatic is in our gene.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Bersungkai dengan Fatin hari ini di Secret Recipe, Mid Valley. I had Mozarella Baked Fish while Fatin had Singapore Laksa. It was nice, I enjoyed it. The size of the fish is becoming smaller and smaller since the first time I had it though. The laksa was surprisingly nice too since any noodle menu from Secret Recipe had always been a letdown for me before. I had the Turkish Indulgence cake for the second time (the first time I ate the cake it was on Faezah hehe) which means that it is GEWWWWWWWD. 10 bintang! Hehe. All in all, we enjoyed our dinner tonight. :)

The only thing that was not so pleasant was when I went for my maghrib prayer at the surau that's located inside Food Junction on level 3. Macam biasalah mesti ada orang berborak punya. Tapi this time, it was like 3 times noisier than I've ever experienced before. It was so annoying and downright DISRESPECTFUL. C'mon girls, Islam taught us to not talk about hal-hal dunia di tempat beribadah kan? So why can't we practice that already? I really wish I had some kind of authority (or the guts) to tell those girls to tone down or be silence altogether while people are praying, but all that I could do was giving them my deadliest "jelingan maut". I can excuse crying babies or kids but ADULTS yg cukup akal? Unless you are brainless, yes, you will do something like that lah. Tolonglah, tolong tolong tolong jangan berborak masa dalam surau/masjid. If you cannot respect people who are praying, I believe you can respect kawasan beribadah kan? So please, stop it, sebelum ada yg kena pelempang nanti. Sama-samalah kita mencari keredhaan Ilahi, bukan kemurkaanNya.

By the way, semalam lepas siapkan kerja dan solat Isyak aku memang berniat untuk update Ramadhan Journal aku. Tapi disebabkan letih ditambah dengan blackout on an off, I didn't. It's okay. It's not like it's an obligation or anything. Zzzz.... Anyways, I'm cooking meatball soup for tomorrow's sahur. Fatin requested for some nuggets. Hehe. Tomorrow mom will be flown in from KK for her kursus on Monday and Tuesday. After the kursus, she will be spending a few days at my place before going to Makcik Tipah's. She'll fly back home next Sunday. Yay boleh sungkai dengan mama pulak! Happiness! :D

On a happier note, juadah bersungkai hari ini akan ditambah dengan Chocodate Yusuf Taiyoob buah tangan dari Faezah. :D She just got back from Perlis this afternoon. I feel pretty tensed today, but just looking at the nice box of the chocodate is enough to make me smile and feel grateful for the good things in my life. Alhamdulillah... Thank you Faezah. Semoga murah rezeki awak dan suami. :-)

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

I went to tarawih with my housemates tonight (9 July). I am so excited for this year's Ramadhan. Not that I wasn't in the previous years, Ramadhan has always been my favourite month, but this year the enthusiasm is so much more because it is my first Ramadhan as someone who is wearing hijab. I don't know how to explain it to you but that is how I feel. :) I hope that I can perform this year's ibadah puasa better than the previous years along with other ibadah yg wajib dan sunat. And I hope I can keep up with al-Quran reciting too. I am sooo behind.This year I will try to write about my Ramadhan on a daily basis. Ala-ala Diari Ramadhan Mohd Jayzuan tu. Hehe. And maybe I will do it for Syawal as well. We'll see. I just hope that this "project" won't be hindered by my laziness. :P

By the way, it rained this morning, before noon. It was quite heavy, but no lightning, no thunder. It was really really nice. It's been a long time since I've seen that kind of rain. I guess, this is what people call the rain of mercy (hujan rahmat)? Yeah, I guess it is. :-) Until next post Pitty!Yours,Nurul

Monday, July 08, 2013

Sometimes I do wish I was a bit friendlier with people. I mean, in real life, not online. Like SpongeBob. Sometimes I feel like my Daria appearance (READ: big glasses, nerdy looking, lackadaisical, misanthropic, cynical, etcetera etcetera) is just a facade. Or to be more accurate, it is just a mask. I'm not saying that I'm a hypocrite, but there are always two sides of everything right? Good and evil, the sun and the moon, day and night, men and women, right and left. Even walls have two sides. So these are my sides. My inside and my outside. I'm saying this because once you really really get to know me, I am not all that Daria is (inside). I amSPONGEBOB. Silly, clumsy, giddy, always laughing at the lamest jokes. Always making the lamest jokes. I'm saying this also to tell people that I am friendly, approachable, and all around a nice person. People always mistake me as someone who's always mean (I can be mean but not all the time) and heartless and emotionless like Daria (but I'm not saying that she's a bad person. Erm I mean, cartoon character) when actually I am a very compassionate person, I am sensitive, I am NOT emotionless. I have a heart. I may have the "Daria look" but to even have the faintest idea that I am her twin is an insult to her entire "existence" because I don't have even half her wit and intelligence. So please people, stop calling me Daria. I adore her, but do not call me Daria. Call me SpongeBob.

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

I can't stop listening to this song, so it's going to be my Song of the Day. Haven't posted any Song of the Day on Facebook for quite some time. I'm staying away from the unwanted "attention" for the time being. Hehe. Enjoy!

Ah, I just finished my work! Well, discussing my work is not the reason I'm writing to you tonight. I want to talk about Siti, my dear ex-colleague cum one of my besties. :-)

I did mention to you that she has gone back to her hometown, didn't I Pitty? Yes. She had flown back to Sarawak last Saturday and she will be staying there permanently. Not forever though according to her. She said she might come back in December. I'm not sure what for, but that's what she said. I never thought that between me and her she would be the first one to leave KL. I believe she never thought so too. It's ironic don't you think Pitty? All this while she was the one who didn't want to go back to her hometown because her friends are here, her job was here, and her social life is also here. I on the other hand had been wanting to go back for so long, and again ironically, all those reasons why Siti didn't want to leave were also what prevented me in the first place. But I've made up my mind to get out of here in September. At least, I'm 80% sure of the decision.

What I am 100% sure of is the fact that there will be no more working cum hanging out at Starbucks after this. But it's okay, because it will help me a lot in the saving department. It's not like I hang out that much at Starbucks anyway. Especially since after moving to Serdang. But yeah, I'm going to miss lepaking at a coffee shop, enjoying our drinks and chit chatting while doing our work. Huh... It's okay, I know she'll be back one day. But.... If I proceed with my plan of going back to KK this September, I'm afraid that last Friday is going to be the last time that we'll ever sit together at a coffee shop like that. But it's okay. I know it won't be the last time that we'll ever see each other. Huh... She will be missed. A lot! I wish her all the best in her future endeavours and may she find whatever it is that she's looking for in life. Yeah, it's not goodbye, it's see her again! :DHere are some photos taken during our dinner outing with Jay on 22nd of June. I feel sorry that we didn't have a nicer (READ: fancy) farewell dinner for Siti but the nasi lemak ayam was realllllly gewd. I certainly enjoyed it! We all did! :-)